Suspect in Cocoa homicide back in Brevard, heads to court today
A man accused of beating an 81-year-old Cocoa woman to death inside her home and fleeing the state is expected to face a Brevard County judge early this afternoon.
View ArticleUCF grad, 1st female Secret Service head, sworn in
WASHINGTON - Veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson has been sworn in as the agency's first female director.
View ArticlePort board fires CEO Payne; Deardoff will resign in weeks
Stan Payne was ousted as Port Canaveral's CEO after port commissioners agreed to a deal that puts him on 'administrative leave' for the next three months.
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View ArticleSurfing dogs hit Cocoa Beach before weekend championship
The inaugural East Coast Dog Surfing Championship takes place at noon Friday and Saturday at the Cocoa Beach Pier.
View ArticleCenturies-old St. Augustine documents being digitized
J. Michael Francis, a history professor at the University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, and some of his graduate students, are digitizing stacks of centuries-old, sepia-toned papers that offer clues...
View ArticleAirport Authority plans to foot bill for Titusville control tower
Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority will keep the air traffic control tower at Space Coast Regional Airport operating when the FAA pulls out next month because of federal budget cuts.
View ArticleCrisafulli wants a freeze on local fertilizer ordinances
Rep. Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, wants a two-year moratorium on any local ordinances that put stricter rules on non-agricultural fertilizer use than a state-recommended ordinance.
View ArticleSenate panel votes to cut vehicle fees
A unanimous Senate panel on Thursday cleared a proposal to roll back the fees for automobile registrations.
View ArticleDog surfing contest makes Cocoa Beach debut today
The inaugural East Coast Dog Surfing Championship starts at noon today and Saturday at the Cocoa Beach Pier.
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View ArticleBrevard, Florida unemployment rates continue to drop
Brevard County's unemployment rate fell to 8 percent in February, a decline of 2 percent since this time period last year.
View ArticleFWC: Catch a lionfish, bag a free T-shirt
Wanted: dead, or alive -- if you want to drop it in your aquarium -- the dreaded lionfish. Send picture proof you caught one, bag a free T-shirt.
View ArticleComing Sunday: Faith, love keep family moving forward
Nearly two years after a traffic collision killed their 6-year-old daughter, Hannah, and left their 3-year-old son, Owen, paralyzed, the Johnson family of Palm Bay continues to move forward with their...
View ArticleBrevard Christians take walk of faith on Good Friday
Members of several Brevard County congregations walked the streets of downtown Melbourne this morning in an annual Holy Week event meant to show the presence of the Christian churches in the community.
View ArticlePalm Bay homeowner finds nude woman bathing in his pool
A homeless woman told police she was bathing in Palm Bay man's pool while on her way to Washington, D.C. "to yell at President Obama," a police report says.
View ArticleTwo injured in south Melbourne shooting
A shooting at Shull Manor in south Melbourne left two injured this afternoon.
View ArticleAlleged "whip-its" vendor jailed
Deputies arrested the owner of Kronic AM, a smoke shop in Cocoa, accusing him of selling "whip-its," or small canisters of nitrous oxide.
View ArticleFlorida Today's Fact Book in papers today
Buy today's Florida Today and get our annual Fact Book for 2013-2014. On newsstands today.
View ArticleCocoa post office will be named for Moores
Cocoa post office to be renamed for civil rights pioneers Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore.
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